Bengaluru airport partners with Microsoft for hackathon to develop app for passengers

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of Kempegowda International Airport, has partnered with Microsoft India for ‘BIAL Genie Hackathon’ to develop an app to foster technology-led innovation and seamless passenger experiences.

“The hackathon invites professional developers, data scientists, data engineers and hackathon enthusiasts to participate in this challenge and design innovative solutions that will improve the end-to-end passenger experience at Bengaluru airport,” said BIAL in a statement.

The hackathon, which began on October 27 and ends on January 21, will allow developers to leverage a wide array of Microsoft Azure services to improve a passenger’s experience across different stages of their journey, starting from planning the journey and boarding the flight to arriving at their destination airport.